cronies

英 [ˈkrəʊniz]

美 [ˈkroʊniz]

n.  好友; 密友
crony的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 好友;密友;(尤指)狐朋狗友
  You can refer to friends that someone spends a lot of time with as theircronies, especially when you disapprove of them.
  1. He returned from a lunchtime drinking session with his business cronies.
     中午跟那帮生意上的朋友喝完酒后，他回来了。

双语例句

• Only Tony Blair and his cronies want it, no one else.
  只有布莱尔和他的亲信要加入欧元，没有其他人想这样。
• Since the unrest began, we have imposed strong financial sanctions on Asad and dozens of his cronies.
  自反抗活动开始以来，我们对阿萨德及其数十名亲信实施了严厉的金融制裁。
• We think it was John and some of his cronies that did it.
  我认为这是约翰和他的一些密友们干的事。
• Depriving Mr Mugabe's cronies of trips to a decent country that works could have a salutary effect.
  禁止穆加贝先生的手下到别的国家访问会带来很好的效果。
• Mr Buffett told the rich that, instead of giving their wealth to "a bunch of old cronies", they should shop around for the best foundations.
  巴菲特先生告诉有钱人们，他们应该为自己的财富找一个最好的基金会，而不是交给“一帮老伙计们”。
• He returned from a lunchtime drinking session with his business cronies.
  中午跟那帮生意上的朋友喝完酒后，他回来了。
• Most CEOs surround themselves with their cronies.
  多数CEO都会把亲信安排在自己身边。
• She was a veteran too, but she had no cronies with whom she could refight old battles.
  她也是个老兵。不过她不能和亲密的伙伴来重温往日的战斗了。
• The old man's former cronies are all dead.
  老人的往日故旧都已作古。
• Critics say that the government restaffed the firm with incompetent cronies and placemen.
  批判者指责政府重新雇佣的人员都是些无能的废物。